Keep in mind the time when the Nissan GT-R was once marketed as a Porsche killer? That’s all the way in which again to 2007, when certainly it was scary to 997 Porsches on the market. That’s an entire 17-year interval since new.

Porsche has already gone by means of the 991 era and it’s nicely throughout the 992 whereas Nissan remains to be providing the very same automotive (albeit with some minor adjustments). It’s no shock that gross sales for the GT-R have averaged only one unit per day throughout 2024.

In response to Nissan’s gross sales studies, the GT-R has not surpassed the 90 autos monthly mark since 2018, and 2024 is the 12 months it offered a complete of 77 models throughout Q1, which is lower than 30 monthly.

A fast evaluation on the attainable causes simply leads us to a hefty value improve from an authentic $70,000 MSRP to at this time’s $123,000. Whereas inflation performs a component on this distinction, it nonetheless suffers a $18,000 variation in value if we regulate the unique MSRP for inflation.

Eighty 5 horse energy is all of the automotive has grown in 17 years, not fairly sufficient to justify the value, and whereas the following era is already within the works (as confirmed by Nissan North America’s Senior Vice President), it’s possible that we get both a performance-focused hybrid or that Nissan goes a step past making it an EV.

No precise assertion has been formally made on whether or not this subsequent era might be prepared to right away substitute the present GT-R, or in the event that they’re pulling the plug on it and ready on a future return on a brand new platform.

At GTspirit we’ll all be glad to announce no matter information Nissan releases relating to the GT-R, and excited for what’s to come back. Do you assume it can return as a Porsche killer?